Local Notes From Bethel District Community News
Saturday night visits include Elsie James with Mrs Irene Case in Steele City. Gwendolyn LePoidevin works in Beatrice at Charlie Showers home. Helena Netz of Owell practices teaching this week. Visitors Friday Helena Nz Odell Ruth Burroughs and Charles Burroughs of Rockford. Lucile Barnett home from hospital after noon. Bethel Community Club showers Lola James Henry Giesbrecht at Jack Armstrong home. Hearts games. high score Adolph Bevan. hostess duties by Mrs Joe Hiatt.
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Elsie James
Irene Case
Steele City
Helena N'z
Odell
Ruth and
Charles Burroughs
Rockford
Bethel Community Club
Henry Giesbrecht
Lola James
Jack Armstrong
James
John Folkers
Adolph Bevan
Bruce Barton
Joe Hiatt
Shea area notes ownerships illnesses and a fire incident
Shea neighborhood residents report Roy Schultis owning a new electric radio Carl Braasch bought a 1927 Model T Ford Sedan and the Fasse couple purchased a new Plymouth Shirley Ann Glathar is out of school with chicken pox Maemory Braasch and Walter Chadwell have mumps Bessie Barber suffers a severe cold and earache The Homestead hosts and dinner gatherings occur as Prather family attends a funeral near Tecumseh Local farmers prepare for rain and a fire is halted on Charlie Wesley's stable ground A new cooperative swap club Self Co Op gains interest with discussions by Upton St Clair on unemployed support contrasting with New Deal ideas
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California
Upton St Clair
Roosevelt to christen new aircraft carrier with ceremony
Mrs Roosevelt will christen the new aircraft carrier where launching is planned in Newport News Virginia on April 4 1936. Mr Swanson wife of the Secretary of the Navy will sponsor Enterprise at launching August 1 1936. USS Tucker destroyer 374 launched February 27 1936 at Portsmouth Navy Yard Marblehead Mass descendant of Commodore Tucker christened the vessel as it slid into the sea.
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Mra. Roosevelt
Newport News
Virginia
Secretary of ‘the Navy
Enterprise
Tucker
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Leonard P., Thorne R
Marblehead
Mass
Samuel Tucker
Elm tree moved and replanted on Armour estate
A 75 foot high elm tree weighing about 48 tons was dug up and replanted on the estate of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour in Lake Forest a Chicago suburb. It is believed to be one of the wettest trees ever moved and replanted.
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Lake Forest
Chicago
Woman Writer Sees Voter Motive Behind Turnout
A female writer notes that when a woman who has never voted decides to vote it is to oppose someone. The remark implies many men may feel the same urge to vote in protest or against a target.
Estimating Federal Debt in Billions
The text notes that 31 billion dollars in one-dollar bills laid end to end would circle the Earth near four times at the equator. It presents the Federal debt as about 31 billion.
Krosier Family Moves From Phillips Residence to Crocker Farm
The Krosier family moved from the Phillips residence in town to the Crocker farm south-west of town. Mr. Krosier is employed on WPA road work.
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Krosier
Phillips
Town
Thomas Price
Crocker Farm
Woods Place
Surprise reunion at Nawampton home shocks Kleinfehn family
Mrs Mary Kleinfehn hosts a family reunion in Nawampton where 40 relatives react to a surprise visit. Each guest receives a $500 check, highlighting a celebratory gathering amid joking remarks about aptitude steering young men toward sports careers.
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Mary Kleinfehn
Nawampton
Senators Speak Much or Little on the Senate Floor
A Washington correspondent notes that among the 96 senators 28 never speak on the floor 25 seldom talk and 30 talk occasionally. Only 16 do most of the talking leaving many active figures largely quiet during sessions.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Queen Victoria's June 1842 Railway Journey Sparks Debate
Reports from 1842 recount Queen Victoria’s first rail trip from Slough to Paddington. She praised the ride as free from dust and heat while observers noted public shock and mixed reactions. Parliament debated railway safety with Lord Cumberland recalling opposition from the Lords.
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Slough
Paddington
Britain
Pearson's Weekly
Rébbie
House of Commons
Nswer
Duke of
Celsius Thermometer Named for Its Inventor
A historical note explains the Celsius thermometer named after Anders Celsius and describes centigrade and Beaumur scales. It contrasts Fahrenheit with freezing and boiling points, noting Fahrenheit sets zero at the lowest temperature he could produce and places freezing at 32 and boiling at 212.
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Anders Celsius
Europe
Haggis Tale Through Ages From Greece To England
Haggis, a medieval delicacy, spread from ancient Greece to England via Romano regionnaires. Englishmen knew little of it while Scots embraced it as a local dish. The preparation uses sheep liver lights and heart sewn in a stomach bag and boiled.
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England
Provencal
France
Greece
Romano Regionnaires
Last Aid Clubs Offer Funeral Support in Sofia
In Sofia, poor residents form Last Aid and Last Duty clubs to fund funerals, pay for meals, hearse, and flowers, and ensure mourners attend the procession. Members contribute to expenses and may aid widows and children of the deceased if needed.
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Sofia
Three Parishes in One Church at Tunbridge Wells
A Pearsons Weekly writer notes the Tunbridge Wells chapel uniquely spans two counties and three parishes. The vestry exits into Frant Sussex, the altar steps into Kent, and the pulpit locates in Speldhurst parish.
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Tunbridge Wells
Pearson's Weekly
Kent
Sussex
Frant
Speldhurst
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Bethel Way
Gwendolyn LePoidevin
Beatrice
Charlie Showers
Helena Netz of
Owell
Billy Hiatt
Patricia Bevan
Margaret Barnett
Lucile Barnett
Rachel Armstrong
John Callan
Clair Callan
Shea Neighborhood News
Roy.Schultis
Diller
Carl Braasch
Fred Fasse
Maivery Braasch
Walter Chadwell
Shea
Shirley Ann
Bill Glathar
Bessie Barber
Herb Barber
Garnet
James Hays
Will Roseman
Ea. Roelf
Howard Prather
Tecumseh
Henry Remple
Sunly
Irwin Bultis
Roy
Henry Schultis
Geotleven
Lola Carpenter
the Oaks School
Miss Pearl Sparks
Mary’Hermas
Fairbury
Braasch
May Ashpaw
Lew. Barber
Vernon Chancelor
Lew Barber
Charlie Wesley
Lew
Vern
Aoda
Ashington
Victoria
Celsius
Spear-Buswell Drug Company
Rexall
NEBR
Dean Barber
Nebraska
Phillip
Phillips 66
Diller, Nebr
Mi Farm Journal
Pictorial Review
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